Florida State Genealogical Society

07/17/2025

FSGS Webinar- Tonight - 17 July - Dana Palmer, CG, CGL: Wanted! Seeking Unknown Parents -

Are you struggling to find your ancestors’ parents? Learn how to bust those brick walls and find your family by using a variety of sources. This session shows how kinship was established for a husband and wife. Learn how to overcome obstacles such as a lack of traditional records by examining thos...

07/16/2025

FSGS Webinar- Thursday, 17 July - Dana Palmer, CG, CGL: Wanted! Seeking Unknown Parents -

Are you struggling to find your ancestors’ parents? Learn how to bust those brick walls and find your family by using a variety of sources. This session shows how kinship was established for a husband and wife. Learn how to overcome obstacles such as a lack of traditional records by examining thos...

06/19/2025

FSGS Webinar- Thursday, 19 Jun - LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG®, FASG: An Enslaved Person's FAN Club -

Researching family, associates, and neighbors (the “FAN Club”) is particularly useful for proving the identity or parentage of formerly enslaved people because researchers are less likely to find direct evidence of identity or relationships in antebellum records. This webinar will present a proo...

05/14/2025

FSGS Webinar- Thursday, 15 May - Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA: Strategies for Resolving Conflicting Evidence -

Genealogists often encounter records that contain conflicting information. The challenge lies in determining which information is correct. This presentation will feature case studies containing conflicting information, including instances of parental misidentification. These scenarios will demonstra...

04/16/2025

FSGS Webinar- Thursday, 17 Apr - Margaret R Fortier, CG: A Dozen Names for Alcina: An Identity Case Study -

Alcina was known by a dozen names, but none was her baptismal name. Family reconstruction, along with deeds and Catholic records, leads to her identity.

03/18/2025

FSGS Webinar- Thursday, 20 Mar - Mark Thompson: Use AI To Research Your Family Photos and Letters -

Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming genealogy research! Join Mark Thompson as he reveals how AI can help you uncover the family history treasures hiding in your family documents and letters.  Intended for people new to AI, this accessible webinar will show you how to simplify turni...

02/18/2025

FSGS Webinar- Thursday, 20 Feb - Debra S Mieszala, CG-The Five-Story Fall: Correlating Indirect & Direct Evidence to Extend the Pedigree -

Johanna (Daly) Mahoney plunged to her death taking her parents’ and siblings’ identities along. Crucial evidence from the analysis of three generations of associates and a summons published sixteen years post-mortem led to her family.

01/15/2025

FSGS Webinar- Thursday, 16 Jan - J. Mark Lowe, FUGA - Here Comes the Bride, and There She Goes -

Learn how to extract more information from marriage records and why you should also check divorce records for your families. Come hear some stories of the good and bad in relationships, marriage customs and changes in the law that should help you further your research.  Don’t just stop with the d...

01/14/2025

Florida State Genealogical Society - 2025 Poolside Chat Webinar Schedule -

We are excited to announce the presenters and topics for the 2025 Poolside Chat Webinar Series. The registration links are provided for each webinar, so don't hesitate to register today. If you are no longer interested in receiving information from FSGS, you can unsubscribe from all FSGS emails here...

12/18/2024

FSGS Webinar- Thursday, 19 Dec - Katherine R Willson - America’s Westward Expansion: Twenty-five Events in Fifty Minutes -

In this examination of America’s westward expansion between 1787-1890, we will explore U.S. Congressional acts and other events focused on territorial boundaries, slavery, and wars against Mexico and Native Americans.

11/26/2024

FSGS: The Florida Genealogist - Jun 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/e21012d69eba/the-florida-genealogist-vol-xlvi-issue-2-dec2023-5136001